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Thursday, 21 March 2013

Fearless Females 2013: Day 21: Tender Moments in Reading

Describe a tender moment one of your female ancestors shared with you or another family member.

When my mother, Audrey Ball HAYWOOD, passed away suddenly in 1995, one of my clearest memories is one day going to the local supermarket to buy some bread, milk, whatever - and the girl at the checkout saying, "I remember your Mum; she taught me to read." (My mother used to work as a teaching assistant at St John's Primary School in Glastonbury, Somerset). To me, that is one of the proudest moments of my life.

I remember her teaching me to read, too. I still have a recording, converted from a reel-to-reel tape (showing my age here!) of a very small me, aged 4, reading Beatrix Potter's "Peter Rabbit" in a very posh little voice. And yet, you can hear in the background, when I stumbled on some of the larger (and therefore harder) words, my mother's voice gently prompting me with the correct pronunciation.

One of the most tender moments we shared.

Audrey Ball HAYWOOD, 1990s

Once again,
in honour ofNational Women’s History Month,
Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog presents Fearless Females: 31 Blogging
Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month. I know this is really
US-centric - but that's not going to stop me honouring my own Fearless
Females...

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